Well it's here! I got a call from the dealer yesterday morning and I went down to check it out.

For those interested in current production wait times I placed the order on Sunday, 20 November. My sales guy is very good and a fellow "enthusiast" so I knew everything would go smoothly. A production slot was found immediately and we modified the allocation to my liking.

Well, the weather here in New England had been less than favorable but I was out the other day and grabbed a few more shots. It's currently snowing but hopefully next week I'll have a chance to take a few good pictures with my DSLR.

My other car is a 4x4 Explorer provided by work, the 535 only see's dry pavement.

However, I drove it a bit on my street today to see how they perform (I live on a very low traffic side road) in about 2.5" of snow and I would definitely NOT reccomend these tires in the snow. Snow tires are a must if you plan on driving in snowy/icy conditions. If I went any further it would have been a disaster...

That makes sense. The 550xi will replace our 335 vert with the sport package, which we always switched to winter tires (was fine as long as the snow wasn't too deep). Drove the X5 today because of the snow. The M3 never goes out in the snow.